Launch: March 24, 1992 Landing: April 2, 1992 Kennedy Space Center, Fl. Astronauts: Charles F. Bolden Jr., Brian Duffy, Kathryn D. Sullivan, David C. Leestma, C. Michael Foale, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Dirk D. Frimout Space Shuttle: Atlantis The mission carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) on Spacelab pallets mounted in the orbiter's cargo bay. The non-deployable payload, equipped with 12 instruments from the , France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan, conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plas

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Launch: March 24, 1992 Landing: April 2, 1992 Kennedy Space Center, Fl. Astronauts: Charles F. Bolden Jr., Brian Duffy, Kathryn D. Sullivan, David C. Leestma, C. Michael Foale, Byron K. Lichtenberg and Dirk D. Frimout Space Shuttle: Atlantis The mission carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) on Spacelab pallets mounted in the orbiter's cargo bay. The non-deployable payload, equipped with 12 instruments from the , France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Japan, conducted studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics and ultraviolet astronomy. ( )

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